Virgil Barnes
[edit] Biography
Born on March 5, 1897 in Ontario, Kansas, Virgil Barnes (Virgil Jennings Barnes) played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Barnes broke into the bigs on September 25, 1919 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.48 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Virgil Barnes's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 59 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1919
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.00
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.86
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3.48
| 16
| 27
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 51.2
| 46
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 3.91
| 6
| 31
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 59
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| 35
| 29
| 16
| 10
| 3.06
| 59
| 87
| 78
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 229.1
| 239
| 10
| 57
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 32
| 27
| 15
| 11
| 3.53
| 53
| 110
| 87
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 221.2
| 242
| 9
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 31
| 25
| 8
| 13
| 2.87
| 54
| 73
| 59
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 185
| 183
| 4
| 56
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 35
| 29
| 14
| 11
| 3.98
| 66
| 116
| 101
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 228.2
| 251
| 14
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 10
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 5.04
| 11
| 32
| 31
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 55.1
| 71
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 16
| 10
| 2
| 7
| 5.82
| 7
| 42
| 39
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 60.1
| 86
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 19
| 5
| 10
| 5.45
| 18
| 74
| 70
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 115.2
| 157
| 6
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 205
| 134
| 61
| 59
| 3.66
| 275
| 525
| 445
| 58
| 7
| 11
| 1094
| 1192
| 46
| 293
| 0
| 9
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1919
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1920
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| P
| 22
| 2
| 51.1
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 66
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 54
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 42
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 49
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 205
| 2
| 51.1
| 39
| 268
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1919
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| 22
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| 22
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| 35
| 77
| 8
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .182
| .241
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 32
| 89
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .101
| .101
| .101
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 31
| 56
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .054
| .054
| .054
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 35
| 83
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .108
| .108
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 10
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 16
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .111
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 39
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .100
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 205
| 371
| 20
| 40
| 0
| 9
| .108
| .124
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 119
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Ben Cantwell, Al Spohrer and Bill Clarkson to Boston Braves in exchange for Joe Genewich (June 15, 1928).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Milwaukee (American Association) (December 8, 1928).
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